About New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922

This database contains a collection of unassisted immigrant passenger lists to New South Wales, Australia for various years between 1826 and 1922. “Unassisted immigrants” are individuals whose passages were NOT subsidized or paid for by another person or through another agency. This collection is comprised of two different series of records. They are:

Inward Passenger Lists

Reports of vessels arrived (or Shipping reports)

About the Records:

Inward Passenger Lists

These records consist of passenger list forms of ships arriving in Australia from 1854-1922. They are also known as “Passengers Arriving” or “Shipping Lists.” Information that may be listed in these records includes:

Name and tonnage of ship

Port of departure

Name of master

Date of arrival

Information about seamen (e.g. names, positions, ages, birthplaces)

Names of passengers (given names may not always be listed - people may just be listed as “Mr. and Mrs.”)

Children passengers – children traveling with parents are usually not listed by name, but may be indicated by number and/or gender

Passenger’s occupation

Passenger’s class of travel (e.g. cabin, steerage, etc.)

Passenger’s race

Reports of vessels arrived (or Shipping reports)

These records consist of vessel and shipping reports of vessels arriving in New South Wales, Australia from 1826-1859. Information that may be listed on these records includes:

Name and tonnage of ship

Number of crew

Name of master

When sailed

Cargo

Names of first class passengers

Names of number of steerage passengers

Passenger’s trade or occupation

Passenger’s nativity

Shipping reports dating from 1839 and forward, may also have Health Officer’s Reports filed along side them. In addition to similar information already listed on the main reports, the health reports may also show:

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Related data collections

This database contains a collection of assisted immigrant passenger lists to New South Wales, Australia for various years between 1828 and 1896. “Assisted immigrants” are individuals whose passages were either subsidized or paid for by another person or through another agency. This collection is comprised of four different series of records. Information listed on these records may include: name of immigrant, age, marital status, gender, and native place.

This data collection contains unassisted and assisted immigrant passenger lists to Victoria, Australia for various years between 1839 and 1923. The ships were coming from UK ports, New Zealand ports, and other foreign ports. “Unassisted immigrants” are individuals whose passages were not subsidized or paid for by another person or through another agency.

This database contains certificates of nautralization from 1849-1903 for New South Wales, as well as some registers of individuals who were issued certificates of naturalization between 1859 and 1876.All Immigration & Travel in the Card Catalogue